On 10 May, the European Parliament's plenary adopted the composition of its new temporary committee on climate change. The 60-member strong committee will hold its constituent meeting on 21 May in Strasbourg. The mandate of this committee (see link below) was approved by the Conference of Presidents (the EP political group leaders) on 19 April and confirmed by a plenary vote on 25 April.

Subject to approval by its members, the committee is expected to be chaired by Guido Sacconi (PES, IT).  Karl-Heinz Florenz (EPP-ED, DE) will draft the committee's report.

List of members

EPP-ED (22)

Full members: Etelka Barsi-Pataky (HU), John Bowis (UK), Jerzy Buzek (PL), Pilar del Castillo (ES), Giles Chichester (UK), Avril Doyle (IE), Karl-Heinz Florenz (DE), Duarte Freitas (PT), Françoise Grossetête (FR), Romana Jordan Cizelj (SI), Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (DE), Eija-Riitta Korhola (FI) Marian-Jean Marinescu (RO), Francesco Musotto (IT), Lambert van Nistelrooij (NL), Markus Pieper (DE), Herbert Reul (DE), Amalia Sartori (IT), Marianne Thyssen (BE), Antonios Trakatellis (EL), Alejo Vidal-Quadras (ES), Anders Wijkman (SE).

Substitutes: Laima Liucija Andrikiene (LT), Richard Ashworth (UK), Maria del Pilar Ayuso González (ES), David Casa (MT), Gerardo Galeote (ES), Lutz Goepel (DE), Cristina Gutiérrez Cortines (ES), Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (LU), Timothy Kirkhope (UK), Aldis Kuskis (LV), Werner Langen (DE), Peter Liese (DE), Angelika Niebler (DE), Péter Olajos (HU), Miroslav Ouzky (CZ), Zita Plestinska (SK), Paul Rübig (AT), Gitte Seeberg (DK), Boguslaw Sonik (PL), Jacques Toubon (FR), Thomas Ulmer (DE), Nikolaos Vakalis (EL).

PES (18)

Full members: Katerina Batzeli (EL), Philippe Busquin (BE), Dorette Corbey (NL), Edite Estrela (PT), Adam Gierek (PL), Robert Goebbels (LU), Matthias Groote (DE), Dan Jorgensen (DK), Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (FR), Linda McAvan (UK), Riitta Myller (FI), Guido Sacconi (IT), Karin Scheele (DE), Maria Sornosa Martínez (ES), Csaba Sándor Tabajdi (HU), Andres Tarand (EE), Silvia-Adriana ?ic?u (RO), ?sa Westlund (SE).

Substitutes: Thijs Berman (NL), Bernadette Bourzai (FR), Luis Capoulas Santos (PT), Giulietto Chiesa (IT), Robert Evans (UK), Anne Ferreira (FR), Elisa Ferreira (PT), Catherine Guy-Quint (FR), Vicenzo Lavarra (IT), David Martin (UK), Rosa Migueles Ramos (ES), Eluned Morgan (UK), Vincas Justas Paleckis (LT), Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (DE), Mechtild Rothe (DE), Maria Salinas Garcia (ES), Ulrich Stockmann (DE), Evangelia Tzampazi (EL).

ALDE (8)

Full members: Silvia Ciornei (RO), Chris Davies (UK), Lena Ek (SE), Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (NL), Holger Krahmer (DE), Anne Laperrouze (FR), Henrik Lax (FI), Vitorio Prodi (IT).

Substitutes: Georg Andrejevs (LV), Paolo Costa (IT), Fiona Hall (UK), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (FI), Jules Maaten (NL), Karin Resetarits (AT), Anders Samuelsen (DK), Dirk Sterckx (BE).

UEN (3)

Full members: Liam Aylward (IE), Alessandro Foglietta (IT), Adriana Poli Bortone (IT)

Substitutes: Cristiana Muscardini (IT), Inese Vaidere (LV), Zdzis?aw Zbigniew Podkánski (PL)) 

Greens/EFA (3)

Full members: Rebecca Harms (DE), Satu Hassi (FI), Claude Turmes (LU).

Substitutes: Michael Cramer (DE), Caroline Lucas (UK), Bart Staes (BE).

GUE/NGL (3)

Full members: Roberto Musacchio (IT), Jens Holm (SE), Dimitrios Papadimoulis (EL)

Substitutes: Adamos Adamou (CY), Umberto Guidoni (IT), Bairbre de Brún (UK)

IND/DEM (1)

Full member: Hans Blokland (NL)

Substitute: Kathy Sinnott (IE)

ITS (1)

Full member: Luca Romagnoli (IT)

NI (1)

Full member: Roger Helmer (UK)

Substitute: Jana Bobosíková (CZ)

REF.: 20070507IPR06422

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